Abstract

This study aimed at examining the global standards of teacher effectiveness to be employed to evaluate teacher candidates in the English teacher recruitment process. For this purpose, the global standards of teacher effectiveness and the qualities indicative of them were extracted from the documents. Then, the educational managers of thirty English language institutes were interviewed to discover the extent to which theses global standards are considered for teacher selection in the language institutes in Iran. The use of global standards by the language institutes would confirm the fact that they are applicable to the recruitment process. Next, the global standards were used to employ five English teachers in a language institute in Kerman, Iran. The classroom behavior of these teachers was observed by the institute supervisor. Moreover, the perceptions of the recruited teachers’ students were probed by means employing a questionnaire containing the criteria of teacher effectiveness. The results of the study indicated that the educational managers of the institutes approved of the majority of the global standards to be used in the English teacher recruitment process. The perceptions of the students and those of the supervisor also manifested that the recruited teachers are doing their jobs well, which would verify the appropriateness of the criteria used for teacher selection. Based on the results, a framework for English teacher recruitment encompassing the global standards of teacher effectiveness, their definitions, and the qualities indicative of them was suggested.

摘要

本研究旨在检查在英语教师招聘过程中用于评估教师候选人的教师效率的全球标准。为此，从文件中提取了教师效能的全球标准及其质量指标。然后，采访了 30 家英语语言学院的教育经理，以了解这些全球标准在伊朗语言学院教师选择中的考虑程度。语言机构使用全球标准将证实它们适用于招聘过程的事实。接下来，使用全球标准在伊朗克尔曼的一家语言学院聘用了五名英语教师。学院主管观察了这些教师的课堂行为。而且，通过使用包含教师效能标准的问卷调查招聘教师的学生的看法。研究结果表明，这些机构的教育经理批准了在英语教师招聘过程中使用的大多数全球标准。学生和导师的看法也表明，招聘教师的工作做得很好，这将验证教师选拔标准的适当性。根据研究结果，提出了一个包含教师效能全球标准、定义和质量指标的英语教师招聘框架。